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Fairy Dust Necklace
~Sherri Osborn
Fairies seem to be pretty popular these days, especially with the
kids. You can try to capture a little bit of the mystical charm of
fairies by making one of these fun necklaces. Make one for yourself
and then make someone special smile when you present them with a
special fairy dust necklace.
The hardest part about making these necklaces is finding a tiny
bottle with a cork! Fortunately for all of us, the Internet makes
this job a little easier.
Once you have your bottle, carefully remove the cork and fill the
bottle about 3/4 of the way full with your version of fairy dust.
This can be glitter, seed beads, or anything else you can think of
that will fit into the bottle; I prefer fine glitter. If you use
glitter, it is easiest to fill the bottle if you make a funnel using
a piece of paper.
Next, push the end of the headpin through the cork; push it all the
way down so the hoop is touching the cork. Use a wire cutter to cut
off all but about 1/4 of an inch of the end of the headpin, and bend
up the end to help hold the pin in place.
Cover the sides and the bottom (the side where you folded up the end
of the headpin) of the cork with glue and put it back in the bottle.
Set it aside and let it dry.
If your bottle does not have a cork or you don't have headpins, you
can glue a bead to the top of the bottle to cover the hole. You want
to make sure the bead is not too big or too small, and you also want
to make sure you glue it on sideways so you can see both holes.
Finally, once the glue is dry, you can string a chain, ribbon, piece
of yarn, etc. through the hoop in the headpin to complete your
necklace. You may need to use a split ring if your chain or ribbon
is too wide to fit through the hoop in the headpin.
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